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A new experiment could catch invisible particles that previous detectors have not --

Casio is ready to launch a limited edition timepiece commemorating the 40th anniversary of NASA's first space shuttle launch.

SDA is seeking feedback on vendors' ability to support a homogeneous constellation design. SpaceNews

Northrop Grumman's MEV-2 satellite servicer successfully docked April 12 with Intelsat's in-orbit 10-02 spacecraft. SpaceNews

The Atlantic Council released a new report that calls on the United States and allies to advocate for new global rules for safe operations in outer space. SpaceNews

L3Harris Technologies and Raytheon Intelligence & Space won NASA contracts to carry forward studies of next-generation imagers for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary and Extended Orb...

The anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic voyage to orbit is a chance to reflect on how far human spaceflight has come—and where it’s going next --

The anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic voyage to orbit is a chance to reflect on how far human spaceflight has come—and where it’s going next --

It's been 40 years since NASA's first space shuttle soared into orbit and a new video to commemorate that debut flights.

In his new book "Beyond," author Stephen Walker recounts intimate details of the months, and years, leading up to Yuri Gagarin's historic flight.

The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz spacecraft officially opened at 9:20 a.m. EDT as they flew 270 miles above the South Pacific....

A new set of videos from a unique astronomy-music project transformed spacecraft data into celestial sound baths.

On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. See photos of the historic flight of Vostok 1.

After examining data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of researchers found 12 more examples of the rare phenomenon known as "Einstein Crosses." The post Gaia Finds 12 Examples of Einstein Crosses; Galaxies Being Gravita...

Some brown dwarfs rotate so fast that they are flattened spheres. If they rotate any faster they might fly apart. The post Brown Dwarfs can Spin so Fast They Almost Tear Themselves Apart appeared first on Universe Today.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has selected two new trainees for its burgeoning astronaut corps, including its first female candidate.

A newly spotted asteroid about the size of a car flew harmlessly past Earth this morning (April 12).

Biden’s nominee exemplifies the agency’s pork-barrel, male-dominated past --

So you want to find dark matter, but you don't know where to look. A giant planet might be exactly the kind of particle detector you need! Luckily, our solar system just happens to have a couple of them available, and th...

Planetary systems form out of the remnant gas and dust of a primordial star. The material collapses into a protoplanetary disk around the young star, and the clumps that form within the disk eventually become planets, as...

After more than two years in orbit around asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is ready to come home. It’s bringing with it a pristine sample of space rocks that geologists here on Earth are eager to study up...

By analyzing data from various astronomical surveys, astronomers have performed an exhaustive photometric and kinematical study of an open cluster known as NGC 1348. The new research, detailed in a paper published April ...